Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR [14395]

  General Notes:

1918 SA Birth NEIGHBOUR Robert Sutton, William James NEIGHBOUR, Ruby TURNER, Yankalilla 13A/424

The ANZACS of Greece:
RANK: Flight Sergeant
SERVICE/REGIMENT: Royal Australian Air Force
SERVICE NUMBER: 416450 | UNIT: N/A
AGE: 25 | †
DATE OF DEATH: 21/9/43
CEMETERY: Rhodes War Cemetery </rhodes-war-cemetery>, GREECE | GRAVE REFERENCE: Joint grave 3. B. 2.
Honours/Awards: N/A
Additional Information:
Son of William James Neighbour and Ruby Neighbour, of Kangaroo Island, South Australia; Husband of Betty Kathleen Neighbour, of Kilkenny, South Australia.
Site Asset ID: AN1083
https://www.anzacsofgreece.org/en/virtual-memorial/anzacs/n-s/1129-neighbour-robert-sutton

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Name: Robert Sutton Neighbour
Service number: 416450
Rank: Flight Sergeantl
Unit: No. 227 Squadron (RAF)
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation: Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date: Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death: 21 September 1943
Place of Death: Rhode Island, United States of America[sic]
Cause of Death: Flying Battle
Cemetery or Memorial Details: Rhodes War Cemetery, Rhodes Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
Source: AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Location on the Roll of Honour:
Robert Sutton Neighbour's name is located at panel 127 in the Commemorative Area </visit/visitor-information/features/commemorative-area> at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Kangaroo Island Pioneer Association WW2
Name: Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR
Service Number: 416450
Enlisted: 23 June 1941, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 227 Squadron (RAF) <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/units/1577>
Born: Kingscote, South Australia, 26 January 1918
Home Town: Adelaide <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/places/324>, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation :Bus driver
Died: Killed in Action (flying battle), Rhodes Island, Greece, 21 September 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/cemeteries/3259>
World War 2 Service:
23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, SN 416450, Adelaide, South AUstralia
24 Jun 1941 :Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Air Crew 2, SN 416450
21 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, SN 416450, No. 227 Squadron (RAF) <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/units/1577>, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 <https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/campaigns/12>

Roll of Honour <http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/About.aspx> WOODVILLE SA

  Other Records

• WW2: RAAF/RAF, 1943, Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece.
(image courtesy Billion Graves)

Robert married Living